Context (language use) — Context is a notion used in the language sciences (linguistics, sociolinguistics, systemic functional linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, semiotics, etc.) in two different ways, namely as verbal context social context Contents 1 Verbal… … Wikipedia
Context Sensitive Solutions — (CSS) is a theoretical and practical approach to transportation decision making and design that takes into consideration the communities and lands which streets, roads, and highways pass through ( the context ). The term is closely related to but … Wikipedia
Context-sensitive solutions (transport) — Context sensitive solutions (CSS) is a theoretical and practical approach to transportation decision making and design that takes into consideration the communities and lands which streets, roads, and highways pass through ( the context ). The… … Wikipedia
Military operations other than war — (MOOTW) focus on deterring war, resolving conflict, promoting peace, and supporting civil authorities in response to domestic crises. The phrase and acronym was coined by the United States military during the 1990s, but it has since fallen out of … Wikipedia
Talmy Givón — Infobox Person name = Talmy Tom Givón birth date = June 22, 1936 birth place = Afula, Israel death date = death place = occupation = Linguist spouse = Talmy Tom Givón (born 1936) is a linguist and educator and one of the founders of functionalism … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
South African contract law — is essentially a modernised version of the Roman Dutch law of contract, [1] which is itself rooted in Roman law. In the broadest definition, a contract is an agreement entered into by two or more parties with the serious intention of creating a… … Wikipedia
The Culture — is a fictional interstellar anarchist, socialist, and utopian[1][2] society created by the Scottish writer Iain M. Banks which features in a number of science fiction novels and works of short fiction by him, collectively called the Culture… … Wikipedia
philosophical anthropology — anthropology (def. 4). * * * Study of human nature conducted by the methods of philosophy. It is concerned with questions such as the status of human beings in the universe, the purpose or meaning of human life, and whether humanity can be made… … Universalium
Berkeley, George — George Berkeley David Berman BACKGROUND AND EARLY WORK George Berkeley was born on 12 March 1685 in Co. Kilkenny, where he spent his early years. His father was from England, his mother (very probably) was born in Ireland.1 After attending… … History of philosophy
